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Ammadon Surname Definition:
AMMADON: (Gaelic.) From Amadan, a numskull, a simpleton; may be so called by way of antiphrasis, because he was wise; as Ptolemy received the surname Philadelphus (from the Greek φίλος, a lover or friend, and άδελφος, a brother), because he charged two of his brothers with forming designs against his life, and then caused them to be destroyed.
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AMMADON: (Gaelic.) From Amadan, a numskull, a simpleton; may be so called by way of antiphrasis, because he was wise; as Ptolemy received the surname Philadelphus (from the Greek φίλος, a lover or friend, and άδελφος, a brother), because he charged two of his brothers with forming designs against his life, and then caused them to be destroyed.
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